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Click to enlarge Title: Gilbert Henry Stephenson. Application No. 5151. Letter from Barney Nelson to Board of Pardons, March 2, 1921. Duluth Lynchings | Text
Date: March 2, 1921
Place: Minnesota
Pardon Board. Pardon Applications
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Click to enlarge Title: Gilbert Henry Stephenson. Application No. 5151. Letter from P. M. Garrity to Board of Pardons, March 2, 1921. Duluth Lynchings | Text
Date: March 2, 1921
Place: Minnesota
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Click to enlarge Title: Gilbert Henry Stephenson. Application No. 5151. Letter from E. A. Wahlund to Board of Pardons, March 2, 1921. Duluth Lynchings | Text
Date: March 2, 1921
Place: Minnesota
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Click to enlarge Title: Gilbert Henry Stephenson. Application No. 5151. Letter from Mel. C. Hanson to Board of Pardons, March 2, 1921. Duluth Lynchings | Text
Date: March 2, 1921
Place: Minnesota
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Click to enlarge Title: Gilbert Henry Stephenson. Application No. 5151. Letter from Martin Yosmley to Board of Pardons, March 2, 1921. Duluth Lynchings | Text
Date: March 2, 1921
Place: Minnesota
Pardon Board. Pardon Applications
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Click to enlarge Title: Gilbert Henry Stephenson. Application No. 5151. Letter from [illegible] to Board of Pardons, March 2, 1921. Duluth Lynchings | Text
Date: March 2, 1921
Place: Minnesota
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Click to enlarge Title: Gilbert Henry Stephenson. Application No. 5151. Letter from W. J. Bastian to Board of Pardons, March 2, 1921. Duluth Lynchings | Text
Date: March 2, 1921
Place: Minnesota
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Click to enlarge Title: Gilbert Henry Stephenson. Application No. 5151. Letter from P. J. Redig to Board of Pardons, March 2, 1921. Duluth Lynchings | Text
Date: March 2, 1921
Place: Minnesota
Pardon Board. Pardon Applications
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Click to enlarge Title: Gilbert Henry Stephenson. Application No. 5151. Letter from Fred Steiner to Board of Pardons, March 2, 1921. Duluth Lynchings | Text
Date: March 2, 1921
Place: Minnesota
Pardon Board. Pardon Applications
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Click to enlarge Title: Gilbert Henry Stephenson. Application No. 5151. Letter from W. O. Quinn to Board of Pardons, March 2, 1921. Duluth Lynchings | Text
Date: March 2, 1921
Place: Minnesota
Pardon Board. Pardon Applications
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Click to enlarge Title: Gilbert Henry Stephenson. Application No. 5151. Letter from P. L. Gormly to Board of Pardons, March 2, 1921. Duluth Lynchings | Text
Date: March 2, 1921
Place: Minnesota
Pardon Board. Pardon Applications
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Click to enlarge Title: Gilbert Henry Stephenson. Application No. 5151. Letter from Hoy M. Farah to Board of Pardons, March 2, 1921. Duluth Lynchings | Text
Date: March 2, 1921
Place: Minnesota
Pardon Board. Pardon Applications
http://www.mnhs.org/duluthlynchings/documents/Gilbert_Henry_Stephenson_Application_No_5151__Letter_from_Hoy_M_Farah_to_Board_of_Pardons_March_2_1921-671.001.php
Click to enlarge Title: Gilbert Henry Stephenson. Application No. 5151. Letter from N. E. [illegible] to Board of Pardons, March 2, 1921. Duluth Lynchings | Text
Date: March 2, 1921
Place: Minnesota
Pardon Board. Pardon Applications
http://www.mnhs.org/duluthlynchings/documents/Gilbert_Henry_Stephenson_Application_No_5151__Letter_from_N_E_illegible_to_Board_of_Pardons_March_2_1921-673.001.php
Click to enlarge Title: Gilbert Henry Stephenson. Application No. 5151. Letter from Frank Sklund to Board of Pardons, March 2, 1921. Duluth Lynchings | Text
Date: March 2, 1921
Place: Minnesota
Pardon Board. Pardon Applications
http://www.mnhs.org/duluthlynchings/documents/Gilbert_Henry_Stephenson_Application_No_5151__Letter_from_Frank_Sklund_to_Board_of_Pardons_March_2_1921-675.001.php
Click to enlarge Title: Gilbert Henry Stephenson. Application No. 5151. Letter from Hugo Frandell (?) to Board of Pardons, March 2, 1921. Duluth Lynchings | Text
Date: March 2, 1921
Place: Minnesota
Pardon Board. Pardon Applications
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Click to enlarge Title: Gilbert Henry Stephenson. Application No. 5151. Letter from Jo McCurn (?) to Board of Pardons, March 2, 1921. Duluth Lynchings | Text
Date: March 2, 1921
Place: Minnesota
Pardon Board. Pardon Applications
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Click to enlarge Title: Gilbert Henry Stephenson. Application No. 5151. Letter from Frank P. Wright to Board of Pardons, March 2, 1921. Duluth Lynchings | Text
Date: March 2, 1921
Place: Minnesota
Pardon Board. Pardon Applications
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Click to enlarge Title: Gilbert Henry Stephenson. Application No. 5151. Letter from Joe J. Liberty to Board of Pardons, March 2, 1921. Duluth Lynchings | Text
Date: March 2, 1921
Place: Minnesota
Pardon Board. Pardon Applications
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Click to enlarge Title: Gilbert Henry Stephenson. Application No. 5151. Letter from F. A. Arnold to Board of Pardons, March 2, 1921. Duluth Lynchings | Text
Date: March 2, 1921
Place: Minnesota
Pardon Board. Pardon Applications
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Click to enlarge Title: Gilbert Henry Stephenson. Application No. 5151. Letter from A. W. Morternd to Board of Pardons, March 2, 1921. Duluth Lynchings | Text
Date: March 2, 1921
Place: Minnesota
Pardon Board. Pardon Applications
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Click to enlarge Title: Gilbert Henry Stephenson. Application No. 5151. Letter from F. A. Richardson to Board of Pardons, March 2, 1921. Duluth Lynchings | Text
Date: March 2, 1921
Place: Minnesota
Pardon Board. Pardon Applications
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Click to enlarge Title: Gilbert Henry Stephenson. Application No. 5151. Letter from Frank J. Buck to Board of Pardons, March 2, 1921. Duluth Lynchings | Text
Date: March 2, 1921
Place: Minnesota
Pardon Board. Pardon Applications
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Click to enlarge Title: Gilbert Henry Stephenson. Application No. 5151. Letter from L. H. Christie to Board of Pardons, March 2, 1921. Duluth Lynchings | Text
Date: March 2, 1921
Place: Minnesota
Pardon Board. Pardon Applications
http://www.mnhs.org/duluthlynchings/documents/Gilbert_Henry_Stephenson_Application_No_5151__Letter_from_L_H_Christie_to_Board_of_Pardons_March_2_1921-705.001.php
Click to enlarge Title: Gilbert Henry Stephenson. Application No. 5151. Letter from M. C. Brauda to Board of Pardons, March 2, 1921. Duluth Lynchings | Text
Date: March 2, 1921
Place: Minnesota
Pardon Board. Pardon Applications
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Click to enlarge Title: Gilbert Henry Stephenson. Application No. 5151. Letter from Frank J. Burke to Board of Pardons, March 2, 1921. Duluth Lynchings | Text
Date: March 2, 1921
Place: Minnesota
Pardon Board. Pardon Applications
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Click to enlarge Title: Gilbert Henry Stephenson. Application No. 5151. Letter from Godfrey E. Vodery to Board of Pardons, March 2, 1921. Duluth Lynchings | Text
Date: March 2, 1921
Place: Minnesota
Pardon Board. Pardon Applications
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Click to enlarge Title: Gilbert Henry Stephenson. Application No. 5151. Letter from J. H. White to Board of Pardons, March 2, 1921. Duluth Lynchings | Text
Date: March 2, 1921
Place: Minnesota
Pardon Board. Pardon Applications
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Click to enlarge Title: Gilbert Henry Stephenson. Application No. 5151. Letter from Frank [illegible] to Board of Pardons, March 2, 1921. Duluth Lynchings | Text
Date: March 2, 1921
Place: Minnesota
Pardon Board. Pardon Applications
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Click to enlarge Title: Gilbert Henry Stephenson. Application No. 5151. Letter from Gustave Moisan to Board of Pardons, March 2, 1921. Duluth Lynchings | Text
Date: March 2, 1921
Place: Minnesota
Pardon Board. Pardon Applications
http://www.mnhs.org/duluthlynchings/documents/Gilbert_Henry_Stephenson_Application_No_5151__Letter_from_Gustave_Moisan_to_Board_of_Pardons_March_2_1921-727.001.php
Click to enlarge Title: Gilbert Henry Stephenson. Application No. 5151. Letter from W. E. Danforth to Board of Pardons, March 12, 1921. Duluth Lynchings | Text
Date: March 12, 1921
Place: Minnesota
Pardon Board. Pardon Applications
http://www.mnhs.org/duluthlynchings/documents/Gilbert_Henry_Stephenson_Application_No_5151__Letter_from_W_E_Danforth_to_Board_of_Pardons_March_12_1921-745.001.php
Click to enlarge Title: Gilbert Henry Stephenson. Application No. 5151. Letter from Bert N. Wheeler to Board of Pardons, March 15, 1921. Duluth Lynchings | Text
Date: March 15, 1921
Place: Minnesota
Pardon Board. Pardon Applications
http://www.mnhs.org/duluthlynchings/documents/Gilbert_Henry_Stephenson_Application_No_5151__Letter_from_Bert_N_Wheeler_to_Board_of_Pardons_March_15_1921-746.001.php
Click to enlarge Title: Gilbert Henry Stephenson. Application No. 5151. Letter from A. Lofgren to J. A. O. Preus, March 21, 1921. Duluth Lynchings | Text
Date: March 21, 1921
Place: Minnesota
Pardon Board. Pardon Applications
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Click to enlarge Title: Gilbert Henry Stephenson. Application No. 5151. Letter from W. G. Smith to Board of Pardons, March 23, 1921. Duluth Lynchings | Text
Date: March 23, 1921
Place: Minnesota
Pardon Board. Pardon Applications
http://www.mnhs.org/duluthlynchings/documents/Gilbert_Henry_Stephenson_Application_No_5151__Letter_from_W_G_Smith_to_Board_of_Pardons_March_23_1921-749.001.php
Click to enlarge Title: Gilbert Henry Stephenson. Application No. 5151. Letter from F. K. Farrell to Board of Pardons, March 25, 1921. Duluth Lynchings | Text
Date: March 25, 1921
Place: Minnesota
Pardon Board. Pardon Applications
http://www.mnhs.org/duluthlynchings/documents/Gilbert_Henry_Stephenson_Application_No_5151__Letter_from_F_K_Farrell_to_Board_of_Pardons_March_25_1921-751.001.php
Click to enlarge Title: Gilbert Henry Stephenson. Application No. 5151. Letter from Clerk of the Pardon Board to Wolfred Westholm, April 11, 1921. Duluth Lynchings | Text
Date: April 11, 1921
Place: Minnesota
Pardon Board. Pardon Applications
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Click to enlarge Title: Gilbert Henry Stephenson. Application No. 5151. Letter from Bert Fesler to Board of Pardons, June 29, 1921. Duluth Lynchings | Text
Date: June 29, 1921
Place: Minnesota
Pardon Board. Pardon Applications
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Click to enlarge Title: Gilbert Henry Stephenson. Application No. 5151. Letter from Mason M. Forbes to Board of Pardons, July 1, 1921. Duluth Lynchings | Text
Date: July 1, 1921
Place: Minnesota
Pardon Board. Pardon Applications
http://www.mnhs.org/duluthlynchings/documents/Gilbert_Henry_Stephenson_Application_No_5151__Letter_from_Mason_M_Forbes_to_Board_of_Pardons_July_1_1921-758.001.php
Click to enlarge Title: Max Mason. Application No. 5702. 1922-1923. Duluth Lynchings | Text
Date: December 19, 1922 - January 8, 1923
Place: Minnesota
Pardon Board. Pardon Application Registers
http://www.mnhs.org/duluthlynchings/documents/Max_Mason_Application_No_5702_19221923-762.001.php
Click to enlarge Title: Max Mason. Application No. 6205. April 1924. July 1924. October 1924. Duluth Lynchings | Text
Date: - October 1924
Place: Minnesota
Pardon Board. Pardon Calendars
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Click to enlarge Title: Max Mason. Application No. 5702. Letter from Mason M. Forbes to Secretary of the Board of Pardons, January 2, 1923. Duluth Lynchings | Text
Date: January 2, 1923
Place: Minnesota
Pardon Board. Pardon Applications
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Click to enlarge Title: Duluth policemen, group photo. Oscar G. Olson (August 9, 1887 - December 1, 1941), Police Lieutenant, second from left. Duluth Lynchings | Photographs
Date: 1920
Place: Duluth, Minnesota
Dindorf, William Edward. History of the Duluth Police Department. page 14
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Click to enlarge Title: Dr. Milton W. Judy (? - December 16, 1938). Duluth Lynchings | Photographs
Date: July 24, 1920
Place: Minnesota
National Advocate, July 24, 1920, page 1
http://www.mnhs.org/duluthlynchings/documents/Dr_Milton_W_Judy____December_16_1938-793.001.php
Click to enlarge Title: William M. Majors, Reverend. Duluth Lynchings | Photographs
Date: July 3, 1920
Place: Minnesota
National Advocate, July 3, 1920, page 1
http://www.mnhs.org/duluthlynchings/documents/William_M_Majors_Reverend-795.001.php
Click to enlarge Title: William A. Cant (December 23, 1863 - January 12, 1933), District Court Judge. Duluth Lynchings | Photographs
Date: 1923
Place: Minnesota
MHS Photograph Collection Location no. por 14288 Lee 1; Negative no. 86287
http://www.mnhs.org/duluthlynchings/documents/William_A_Cant_December_23_1863__January_12_1933_District_Court_Judge-804.001.php
Click to enlarge Title: Ethel Ray Nance (1899-?). Duluth Lynchings | Photographs
Date: 1945
Place: Minnesota
MHS Photograph Collection Location no. por 3825 r3; Negative no. 93563
http://www.mnhs.org/duluthlynchings/documents/Ethel_Ray_Nance_1899-807.001.php
Click to enlarge Title: Police Station after damage by lynching mob, Duluth. Duluth Lynchings | Photographs
Date: June 16, 1920
Place: Duluth, Minnesota
MHS Photograph Collection Location no. HV8.14 p2; Negative no. 13949
http://www.mnhs.org/duluthlynchings/documents/Police_Station_after_damage_by_lynching_mob_Duluth-809.001.php
Click to enlarge Title: Calvin L. Brown (1854-1923), Chief Justice of Minnesota Supreme Court. Duluth Lynchings | Photographs
Date: 1916
Place: Minnesota
MHS Photograph Collection Location no. HV9.2 p1; Negative no. 13951
http://www.mnhs.org/duluthlynchings/documents/Calvin_L_Brown_18541923_Chief_Justice_of_Minnesota_Supreme_Court-811.001.php
Click to enlarge Title: William T. Francis (November 28, 1869 - July 15, 1929). Duluth Lynchings | Photographs
Date: 1900
Place: Minnesota
MHS Photograph Collection Location no. por 18701 p1; Negative no. 93800
http://www.mnhs.org/duluthlynchings/documents/William_T_Francis_November_28_1869__July_15_1929-814.001.php
Click to enlarge Title: John J. Sullivan (1875 - August 20, 1937), Warden of the Minnesota State Prison at Stillwater. Duluth Lynchings | Photographs
Date: 1920
Place: Stillwater, Minnesota
MHS Photograph Collection Location no por 18797 p1; Negative no. 12937-A
http://www.mnhs.org/duluthlynchings/documents/John_J_Sullivan_1875__August_20_1937_Warden_of_the_Minnesota_State_Prison_at_Stillwater-815.001.php
Click to enlarge Title: Roy Wilkins (August 30, 1901 - September 9, 1981). Duluth Lynchings | Photographs
Date: 1955
Place: Minnesota
MHS Photograph Collection Location no. por 18703 r1; Negative no. 93801
http://www.mnhs.org/duluthlynchings/documents/Roy_Wilkins_August_30_1901__September_9_1981-854.001.php

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